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impishly charming

Spanish translation: de muchacho, había sido guapo y con un encanto casi picaresco

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English term or phrase:impishly charming
Spanish translation:de muchacho, había sido guapo y con un encanto casi picaresco
Entered by: Scheherezade Suria Lopez

12:16 Jul 24, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: impishly charming
As a boy, he had been phisically beautiful and almost impishly charming.

Literalemtne sería "de un encanto muy pícaro", pero se os ocurre algo mejor?
Scheherezade Suria Lopez
Spain
Local time: 16:23
de muchacho, había sido guapo y con un encanto casi picaresco
Explanation:
Hola de nuevo, Scheherezade.
Otra opción.

"...una foto, acompañados por el **encanto picaresco** de una muchacha sordomuda.".
www3.planalfa.es/cidaf/noticias/news%20158.htm
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Un cordial saludo.

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Note added at 21 hrs 27 mins (2005-07-25 09:44:30 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias a ti, Scheherezade.
:-)
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dulcina (X)
Grading comment
Muchas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1de muchacho, había sido guapo y con un encanto casi picaresco
dulcina (X)
3 +1una personalidad encantadora, rayana en lo pícaro".
George Rabel
4con un encanto que no se preocupaba por desimular
hecdan (X)
3 +1pícaramente seductor
Josefina Pozzi
3traviesamente encantador
Tadzio (X)


  

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traviesamente encantador


Explanation:
:)

Tadzio (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
una personalidad encantadora, rayana en lo pícaro".


Explanation:
¨"había sido de una belleza física extraordinaria y una personalidad encantadora, rayana en lo pícaro."

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Blas Gil, José Manuel Marroquín, novela en Colombia en www ... -
La novela se despoja del lastre romántico y conmovedor, rayano en la cursilería,para crear un tipo, una caracterización que se afianza en la pintura de ...

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George Rabel
Local time: 10:23
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 129

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Roberto (X)
27 mins
  -> muchas gracias, Maria
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con un encanto que no se preocupaba por desimular


Explanation:
de una gran belleza física y con un encanto que no se preocupaba por disimular

hecdan (X)
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pícaramente seductor


Explanation:
otra alternativa

Josefina Pozzi
Argentina
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dulcina (X): debo confesar que para mí es la mejor alternativa. Buen día.
19 hrs
  -> gracias
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
de muchacho, había sido guapo y con un encanto casi picaresco


Explanation:
Hola de nuevo, Scheherezade.
Otra opción.

"...una foto, acompañados por el **encanto picaresco** de una muchacha sordomuda.".
www3.planalfa.es/cidaf/noticias/news%20158.htm
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Un cordial saludo.

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Note added at 21 hrs 27 mins (2005-07-25 09:44:30 GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias a ti, Scheherezade.
:-)

dulcina (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muchas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Gonzalez
16 hrs
  -> gracias, Marga. Buena semana.
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